Project Reports and Charts

A brief note on the project reports

              On completion of the project, after the project presentation, the groups submitted their project reports as manuscripts. The project reports include the data related to the project topic allotted to the group, survey and interview reports as well as the analysis and interpretation of data collected. The data analysis and interpretation are represented as charts and graphs. Maps related to the project also form a part of the project reports. The cover page as well as the layout of all pages of the manuscripts were designed by the students themselves.
         
            The photographs of the cover page and some pages of the project reports are given below-

Charts

        Students of the project groups had also prepared charts for their project presentation. The charts highlight the main points and interpretation of the data they collected by various methods including survey and interviews. Photographs of a few of the charts presented are given below-

         

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 5

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 5

TOPIC- Conservation and Management of Water Resources 

GROUP MEMBERS-

• Unnikrishnan (Leader)
• S. Lakshmi Priya
• Kavya . S
• Arundhati. C. Nair
• Chaithanya. K. S
• Srihari Sudhir
• Arun. P
• Dhanush. T. K
• K. N. Aswin Kumar

Please click on the link given below to see the power point presentation prepared by the group.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQuvagYt7JiRU5JZW5ZaUFWWW8/view?usp=sharing

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 4

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 4

TOPIC- Management of Forest Resources 

GROUP MEMBERS-

•  Ananthalakshmi. P. R ( Leader)
• Silpa. K. P
•  Anugrah.J
• Arya. K. G
• Abhinav.M
• Nikhil.J
• Dhanalakshmi . A
• Soundheraj .A
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• B. Vidya
  
  
  
  

Please click on the link given below to see the power point presentation prepared by the group.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQuvagYt7JiYmJwTnpQSjFoZVE/view?usp=sharing

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 3

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 3

TOPIC- Conservation and Management of Coal and Petroleum resources

GROUP MEMBERS-

• Jinu A
• Lakshmi P
• Jishnu S
• Farhan Ali
• Megha V
• Vikas S
• Adityan V
• Adars PK
• Rohit P

Please click on the link given below to see the power point presentation prepared by the group.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQuvagYt7Jick1MVjdfVzM4aTA/view?usp=sharing

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 2

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 2

TOPIC- Conservation and Management of Water Resources 

GROUP MEMBERS-

• Annie George (Leader)
• Suraj.S
• Ashwin.M.N
• Swetha.J
• Dhaya.S.A
• Anargha
• Renjith.R
• Sidharth
• Vishnu. S

Please click on the link given below to see the power point presentation prepared by the group.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQuvagYt7JiU19zc1JTQXFGMkk/view?usp=sharing

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 1

PROJECT PRESENTATION BY GROUP 1

TOPIC- Management of Forest Resources 

GROUP MEMBERS-

• Jishnu. K ( Leader)
• Alvin Jose
• Keerthi Krishna
• Gowtham
• Indumathi
• Rohan Ranjith
• Aleena. S. Kumar
• Umesh. S
• Deepak. S

Please click on the link given below to see the power point presentation prepared by the group.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQuvagYt7JibGt0Wk1Wc1NsSm8/view?usp=sharing

Peer talk in class

Peer Talk Session
Topic: Importance of proper balanced diet and personal hygiene for adolescents

Project Plan – Lesson 7: The Manage Phase

The Manage Phase

(7.1) Process Management:

                List tasks that will be used to manage the process of conducting the learning

Separate sessions with the teams for work- allotment, instructions regarding online and library research, and for discussion of the work plan. Discussions while preparing the interview/ survey- questions, interpreting and analysing the data from the survey and interview Monitoring the preparation for project presentation.

(7.2) Student Preparation:

                Describe how students will be prepared for the project prior to launch. List any specific instruction or tasks that will be needed

A basic idea of the curriculum topic will be given in the class prior to launch of the project.   A recap session by discussion on the topic of natural resources ( Class IX) to be held in class by the students. Discussions regarding the plan of action/ work plan.

(7.3)  Facilitation:

                Describe how facilitation of resources will be used to enable the students to be successful.

Library and Computer with internet facilities will be made available to the students once the project starts.

(7.4) Progress Monitoring:

                Describe how program will be monitored throughout the project.

Group Progress    

The research material, Survey and interview questions, and all other material collected by the teams will be monitored to ensure the project proceeds in the correct direction

  Individual Progress

Brief sessions with individuals to find out if they are playing their role in the project, as expected and defined at the very start.

       

(7.5) Re-planning:

                Describe how “re-planning” will be used if the project goes off track

Replanning may involve re-assignment of duties in the group, changes/modifications as needed in the day wise planning, alterations in the survey and questionnaire. The briefing sessions with the teams will be made use of to monitor the progress of the project. Dates of the survey/ interview to be adjusted based on the permission granted for the same at the department/ authorities concerned.

(7.6) Conflict Management:

                Describe how to address problems related to participation, offer approaches to manage other conflicts that may arise.

Every child has to be allotted duties/ responsibilities according to his/ her abilities.  For problems related to participation, there can be a slight re-assigning of duties in the group such that every child gets to play his part in the successful completion of the project.

Project Plan - Lesson 6: The review Phase

The Review Phase

(6.1)Student Reflection and Evaluation:

                Describe how student reflection and evaluation will be conducted.

* Self-assessment                 - Questions to self- e.g. Regarding skills achieved * Peer assessment- peer comments and evaluation                     - Feedback from peer group. * Assessment by the teacher                 - Questioning students individually.                 - Group discussion regarding the progress of the project.

(6.2) Teacher Reflection and Evaluation:

                Describe how teacher reflection and evaluation will be conducted.

* Self-assessment- expected vs. actual outcome, skills/ traits developed by the students, effectiveness in planning and guiding the project, alternatives to consider for the lesson in future. * Assessment by colleagues * Feedback from the students- How far could the teacher provide clarity to the steps in executing the project, how far has the project been useful to them.

(6.3) Assessment of 21^st Century skills:

                List of 21^st century skills in this project and its assessment

Critical thinking- to be assessed by the way the teams interpret the data collected by research Collaboration- team spirit and team work in conducting the research and survey Communication- Peer talk, presentation of their project report- both written and oral presentation

(6.4) Summative Assessment and Grading:

                List products and the corresponding rubrics that will be used for SA and Grading

Product	Rubric	Grading
Survey/ Interview report and inference thereof. Report of the project work. Power point presentation/ charts and graphs used for project presentation	Content  accuracy Content richness Relevance of the content Presentation	3 3 2 2

Project Plan – Lesson 5: The Do Phase

The Do Phase

(5.1) Project Launch:

                Describe how the project will be launched, including how goals, expectation, rules, procedures, assessment, and grading will be presented to the students.

The project will be launched with an introduction to the topic in the syllabus for term II. Students will be grouped into project teams and the project plan and schedule informed along with the work breakup within each team. On completion of each stage of the project, there will be brief meetings with the members of each team separately to track their progress and to advise them of the further plan of action.

(5.2) Artifacts:

                List artifacts that will be created during the project

Compilation of research material Survey report and/or  questions for interview Charts Project report Any other material prepared by the team during the project

(5.3) Culminating product:

                Describe what culminating product or products are expected to be created during the project and how they will be presented.

The teams will each maintain an online record of their research material. Also will be maintained the survey/ questions (for interview) they prepare as well as charts made during the course of the project for peer- talk sessions. The final project report will also be presented for assessment with maps showing the availability of the resources, charts/ graphs summarizing data analysis, as well as any other material prepared by the team as a part of their project.

(5.4) Celebrating completion:

                Describe how the students will celebrate when the project is completed.

The students will be awarded grades by the teacher on completion of the project.

 

Work plan-Lesson 4

Work plan-Lesson 4

Sl. No	TASK	SUB TASK	ROLE	START DATE	END DATE	PRODUCT
01	Launch project			04.11.16	30.11.16	Project launched
02	Deliver classroom instruction	Areas to be covered. 1.Define the project 2.Culminating products	Teacher	04.11.16	04.11.16	Initial classroom instruction is completed
03	Group selection	Students’ list	Teacher	05.11.16	05.11.16	Group selection is completed
04	Conduct research	Collection of Content on - 1. Environmental resources available to us. 2. The problems due to exploitation of the environment. 3. Significance of creating awareness about the problems caused by unthinking exploitation of the natural resources.	Student	05.11.16	22.11.16	Students recorded in the computer
05	Perform survey	Create survey/ interview questions , conduct survey/ interview, prepare survey/ interview report- Eliciting from group members and analysing.	Each member	08.11.16	18.11.16	Collected report
06	Programme sheet activity	Prepared based on curricular units and problem areas  in daily life affecting health	Student and teacher	18.11.16	19.11.16	Prepared
07	Advice meeting	Team prepare briefs	All team members	21.11.16	21.11.16	A meeting was held
08	Project presentation	Posting in the computer/blog	All	25.11.16	26.11.16	Completed
09	Assessment and grading	Prepare rubrics and assessment	Teacher	25.11.16	27.11.16	Completed
10	Refection and evaluation	Student reflection and evaluation, Teacher refection and evaluation	Students and teacher	28.11.16	29.11.16	Completed.
11	Project closed	Submitting the project report	Teacher	30.11.16		Closed

The project was completed as per schedule and the reports thereof prepared by the groups were submitted to the Principal. The project reports, like the project presentation, survey/ interview report, and the charts used for presentation were evaluated.